Person:Rognvald Olafsson (1)
Rognvald Olafsson _____
b.790 Jutland, Norway
d.850 Maer, Nord-Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Parents and Siblings
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m. 815
  1. Rognvald Olafsson _____790 - 850
  2. Helgi OlafssonAbt 802 -
  3. Olafsson _____814 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 833
  1. Aseda Ragnvaldsdatter, of JutlandAbt 812 -
Spouse and Children
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  1. Hrolf Nefja826 - 847
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rognvald Olafsson _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 790 Jutland, Norway
Alt Birth? 816 Vestfold, Norway
Marriage 833 Maer,Nord Trondelag,,Norwayto Thora Sigurdsdatter
Alt Marriage 833 Maer,Nord Trondelag,,Norwayto Thora Sigurdsdatter
Marriage to Olafsson _____
Death[1] 850 Maer, Nord-Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Reference Number Q2561593 (Wikidata)


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Ragnvald Heidumhære (or Rognvald) was a semi-historical petty king or chieftain of Vestfold in what is today Norway in the 9th century, according to Ynglingatal and to Ynglinga saga in Heimskringla. He was apparently a member of the Yngling clan (mentioned in later Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, such as Beowulf). His name Heiðumhæri could be translated as highly honoured

His greatest contribution to posterity was that he asked the skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir to compose a poem about his ancestry. This poem is known as Ynglingatal and is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most famous and debated of the Old Norse poems.

Þjóðólfr ended the poem with these lines:

Under the heaven's blue dome, a name
I never knew more true to fame
Than Rognvald bore; whose skilful hand
Could tame the scorners of the land, --
Rognvald, who knew so well to guide
The wild sea-horses through the tide:
The Heidumhære was the proud name
By which the king was known to fame.
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992, 2nd ed.)
    p.123.
  2.   Ragnvald the Mountain-High, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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